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streel

/ striːl /

noun

  1. a slovenly woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of streel1

from Irish Gaelic straoill
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Example Sentences

As a verb, streel is used in the sense of to drag along in an untidy way:—'Her dress was streeling in the mud.'

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